A uniform, systematic naming system ensures the clarity and comprehensibility of your data. File, directory and variable names, as well as the names of table columns and rows, should be formulated so that they are as meaningful, unambiguous, and short as possible. Information that applies to all data in a folder can be expressed in the folder name and need not be repeated in the file name. Models for file naming:

• Date as YYYY-MM-DD or YYYYMMDD (ISO 8601)
• Person abbreviation of the processing person
• Location (for on-site surveys; field research)
• Versioning (e.g. v01, v02; the zero has to be put in front for sorting reasons in list view)
• Suitable for file names: A-Z a-z 0-9 Hyphen (-) Underscore (_) (Applies to naming in Latin script).
• Avoid umlauts, spaces, and special characters other than the ones mentioned above